Hero Status Films

Recently, Ebay commissioned me to do a Valentine’s Day spot. So I did two! Here they are, hope you enjoy. Starring the hilarious Will Cooper and very talented Linda Elizabeth:

And here’s the 2nd ad:

The Chevy “Spy Thriller” commercial we produced last fall for the Super Bowl competition received an honorable 3rd place from MOFILM! Check out the official list of 2012 Super Bowl commercials here: Here are some folks that were part of the commercial: Director of Photography Tony Segreto, Starring David Doumeng, Barrie Golden, and Chase Bolnick. Also a shout out to Nils Ekstrom, Roman Shats, and Leah Rose Damour! Below is the 60 second version of the spot, as well as a behind the scenes feature of the ad shown to Chevy ad Execs. AND here is some awesome press- Forbes list recommends our spot!

Chevy Behind the Scenes, ad execs watching our commercial!

 THREE new commercials were awarded at the MOFILM rio de Janeiro INT’L Film Fest! Pepsi, Chevy, and Dell all placed in the competition. Pepsi Films stars Andrey Deyko, Raisa Lee, Jimmy Cunningham, and Leah Rose Damour. Chevy stars Linda Freund, Steve White, and Dave Doumeng; Compositing was done by Mike Lombardo. You can check out all of the commercials below! Enjoy!

Our commercial “Brian the Blender” picked up an award with the folks at Poptent, and was purchased by Dole! Thanks to Leah Rose Damour for helping out with the shoot. Also Brian Stamile, who did the voice of “Brian the Blender.” Hope you enjoy!

HomeAway specializes in vacation rentals and recently ran an advertising campaign through Poptent. They decided to pick up our ad, “Kid’s Pitch,” which will actively be running on their site. Shout out to Karen Belgrader (Producer) for finding all the talent and letting us use her beautiful home, and also Kathleen Cunningham (Associate Producer) for helping to make this happen : ) You can view the ad below-

Here are some stills from this years MOFILM event at the Tribeca Film Fest. Zachary Borst won best commercial for his Chevy spot, “Enjoy the Ride, Sweetheart.” Sean Cunningham was Director of Photography on the commercial. We got to hang with Jon Landou (Producer of Avatar and Titanic) and the MOFILM crew, as well as many other talents. Check out the Chevy spot below!

Hero Status Films had a blast producing this fun spot for Renaissance Hotels this past Spring. We spent the whole day galavanting around the city, eating hot dogs in Central Park, Perusing the finest museums, and of course having cocktails and partaking in some serious Karaoke. The commercial stars Chris Caron, Mike Ilkiw, and Zachary Borst. The final version of the ad can be seen on MOFILM’S website with the other Shanghai Festival Winners here. We were psyched to place 4th!

I flew down to Alabama in early May to cover the aftermath of tornadoes, and put together a short piece for Heart to Heart International. They specialize in providing medical volunteers and supplies, to areas in distress, after a disaster. Their mobile medical unit was the focus of this story.

Shot a commercial for Sovereign Bank the other day, and we were lucky enough to get access to a private jet!  Zach Borst is directing this one, and it stars Linda Elizabeth Freund  (Best Actress: Rooms Without a View) and Steve White.  Here are a few behind the scenes photos:

(I also took some promotional photos of Steve and Linda, flyin’ classy and using an ipad, for the owner of the jet.)

Promo shot!

Practicing some lines while the plane lost power and needed to regenerate!

Mike Ilkiw rigging a Tota light

Director Zach Borst and DP Sean Cunningham

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